Hillary Clinton unveiled a $275-billion federal infrastructure program as part of a shift to a domestic “jobs agenda” in her presidential campaign, according to the New York Times. Clinton’s jobs proposals will be the most detailed and expensive planks in her campaign platform, and the infrastructure plan will stand as its “centerpiece.” Relying on data from the President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisors, the campaign stressed that each $1 billion in investment would result in 13,000 well-paying jobs.
Customer service and gate agents reached a labor agreement with American Airlines, according to the Dallas Morning News. The five-year agreement between the union and the company raises the pay of nearly 15,000 workers an average of 30%, making them the highest paid agents in the airline industry.
The Supreme Court agreed to expand the oral arguments in Friedrichs by ten minutes, according to the Wall Street Journal. The additional ten minutes will be allotted to Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, who will argue that agency fees are constitutional. The California solicitor general will also speak for half of the time allotted to the defendant teacher’s union in support of the state’s agency-fee law.
The Wall Street Journal also reported that Ford sought to downplay the increase in labor costs resulting from its new contract with the United Auto Workers in a conference call with its executives. The company brass argued that the costs will have minimal effects on Ford’s profitability, projecting that the pay increases will come at a rate lower than inflation and stating that domestic hiring will slow as a result of outsourcing and the use of temp workers.
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May 9
Philadelphia City Council unanimously passes the POWER Act; thousands of federal worker layoffs at the Department of Interior expected; the University of Oregon student workers union reach a tentative agreement, ending 10-day strike
May 8
Court upholds DOL farmworker protections; Fifth Circuit rejects Amazon appeal; NJTransit navigates negotiations and potential strike.
May 7
U.S. Department of Labor announces termination of mental health and child care benefits for its employees; SEIU pursues challenge of NLRB's 2020 joint employer rule in the D.C. Circuit; Columbia University lays off 180 researchers
May 6
HHS canceled a scheduled bargaining session with the FDA's largest workers union; members of 1199SEIU voted out longtime union president George Gresham in rare leadership upset.
May 5
Unemployment rates for Black women go up under Trump; NLRB argues Amazon lacks standing to challenge captive audience meeting rule; Teamsters use Wilcox's reinstatement orders to argue against injunction.
May 4
In today’s news and commentary, DOL pauses the 2024 gig worker rule, a coalition of unions, cities, and nonprofits sues to stop DOGE, and the Chicago Teachers Union reaches a remarkable deal. On May 1, the Department of Labor announced it would pause enforcement of the Biden Administration’s independent contractor classification rule. Under the January […]